Meats Recipes - Sweet and Sour Chicken Delight

Ingredients                                        

• 15 ml/1 tbsp sunflower oil

• 2 chicken breast fillets, cut into small thin strips

• 1 carrot, cut into matchsticks

• 1 small red (bell) pepper, cut into thin strips

• 1/4 cucumber, diced

• 430 g/1 large can pineapple pieces

• 30 ml/2 tbsp tomato puree (paste)

• 45 ml/3 tbsp soy sauce

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp ground ginger

• 60 ml/4 tbsp malt vinegar

• 10 ml/2 tsp corn flour (cornstarch)

• 15 ml/1 tbsp water

• 250g/9 oz/1 packet Chinese egg noodles

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Method:

1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Fry (sauté) the chicken in the oil for 4 minutes until cooked through. Remove from the pan.

2. Add the remaining ingredients except the corn flour, water and noodles. Bring to the boil and boil for 5 minutes.

3. Blend the corn flour with the water and stir into the sauce. Cook, stirring, until thickened and clear. Return the chicken to the sauce and heat through.

4. Meanwhile, cook the noodles according to the packet directions. Drain. Add to the sweet and sour sauce and toss well.